Come on Gruney It’s not the worst joke in the world but I’d have expected it to come from Bernard Manning rather than you ... you’re a nice thoughtful chap ... but then we all see things in different contexts and with different experiences. We can still be friends.

“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” —Winnie-the-Pooh

I think that this really shows the speed with which changes to attitudes in our society have happened, even if for good reason. Sometimes I just feel old and confused as society moves forward ... hugs Gruney

An old man was on his death bed, and wanted to be buried with his money. He called his priest, his doctor and his lawyer to his bedside. "Here's £30,000 cash to be held by each of you. I trust you to put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me."

At the funeral, each man put an envelope in the coffin. Riding away in a limousine, the priest suddenly broke into tears and confessed, "I only put £20,000 into the envelope because I needed £10,000 to repair the roof of the church.""Well, since we're confiding in each other," said the doctor, "I only put £10,000 in the envelope because we needed a new X-ray machine for the paediatrics ward at the hospital, which cost £20,000."

The lawyer was aghast. "I'm ashamed of both of you," he exclaimed. "I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin, I enclosed a cheque for the full £30,000."

Every day is a good day, it's just that some days are better than others.

The yoga videos are good but scrolling down the other videos I found some old Pam Ayres clips - so clever, I have just been laughing my socks off. I love comedians who take every day situations and present them in a way which has one howling with laughter. Excellent.

Someone today said that we are descending into the third world and it will soon be time for the military coup. I had thought that myself, but along the Monty Python lines where Graham Chapman stops everything with the words "That's silly"...

Yesterday morning,my pal from over the way spent ages fitting a new doorbell to his front door. It was technical, and involved swearing. It was "wireless, and he could take the alarm bit into the garden and he would hear if anyone rang.

Later a delivery man arrived - I was watchful, because they are frequently out, and I take stuff for them. The man walked up the drive - and knocked on the door.

After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship.

One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmother.

<image003.gif>Cinderella said, "Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years"?

The fairy godmother replied,"Cinderella, you have lived an exemplary life since I last saw you.Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?"

Cinderella was taken aback, overjoyed, and after some thoughtful consideration, she uttered her first wish:

"The prince was wonderful, but not much of an investor.I'm living hand to mouth on my disability checks, and I wish I were wealthy beyond comprehension. "Instantly her rocking chair turned into solid gold.

Cinderella said,"Ooh, thank you, Fairy Godmother"

The fairy godmother replied,"It is the least that I can do.What do you want for your second wish?"

Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said,"I wish I were young and full of the beauty and youth I once had."

<image004.gif>At once, her wish became reality, and her beautiful young visage returned. Cinderella felt stirrings inside of her that had been dormant for years.

And then the fairy godmother spoke once more:"You have one more wish; what shall it be?"

<image005.gif>Cinderella looks over to the frightened cat in the corner and says,"I wish for you to transform Bob, my old cat,into a kind and handsome young man."Magically, Bob suddenly underwent so fundamental a change in his biological make-up that, when he stood before her, he was a man so beautiful the likes of him neither she nor the world had ever seen.